Black sticky rice fresh herb warm salad

Warming black sticky rice as a salad

Ingredients

• 1 kg Black sticky rice( soak over night)
• 2 tea spoon of salt
• ½ cup wood ear fungus (Soak for 15 mins and chop into small pieces)
• ½ cup of Frozen peas
• 3 small carrots ( chop into small pieces)
• 1/3 cup Chai seeds
• ½ cup of seasonal herbs that grow in your garden
• ½ cup of Cashew Nuts or Seeds ( chop into small pieces)
• 2 tablespoons of molasses
• ½ cup of water

Method

• Soak chia seeds in ½ cup of water
• Add salt and molasses and mix well
• Steam the rice in a cooker
• In a small pot, bring water to boil and quickly blanch peas, fungus and carrot, drain and add to sticky rice mixture
• In a large bowl, add nut/seeds, chia seeds mixtures and sticky rice
• Use wooden spoon to toss the salad, well mix
• Serve warm onto a plate sprinkle with calendula flowers

August Warm and Fresh